Deputy Chief of Mission

Volunteer Eimutis died while protecting a building which housed an assessment mission of the American Relief Administration, an organization which would provide more than four million tons of food to European countries, including Lithuania and the other Baltic states, following the First World War.

In this exceptional year when Lithuania celebrates the 100th anniversary of the restoration of its statehood, the annual commemoration of the Sumner Welles declaration takes on a special meaning. Looking back at 100 years of U.S. and Lithuanian relations, there are numerous examples of the friendship between our peoples, cultural and economic ties, and our ...